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Unusual items found in old dryers |
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Post# 141330 , Reply# 1   7/10/2006 at 19:01 (6,471 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 141335 , Reply# 2   7/10/2006 at 19:24 (6,471 days old) by agitatethis ()   |   | |
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I found a childrens sandal lodged in the motor of a Whirlpool dryer once. Kenmores, the older ones, are bad about eating money. |
Post# 141340 , Reply# 3   7/10/2006 at 19:51 (6,471 days old) by partscounterman (Cortez, Colorado)   |   | |
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I found a very small bag of weed inside a kenmore dryer-not enough to even give a mouse a buzz (believe me I tried!) |
Post# 141408 , Reply# 5   7/11/2006 at 06:09 (6,470 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)   |   | |
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Post# 141528 , Reply# 7   7/11/2006 at 21:05 (6,470 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA)   |   | |
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Back in the 80s I got a phone call from a friend of my younger sister, here's how it went. Me: Hello? "Chuck": Hi Bobby, I heard you know about dryers can you look at ours? Nep: What it is doing? Chuck: Well, it sounds loud and smells funny. Nep: What kind is it? Chk: I don't know. Nep: Now, Chuck, how can you use a dryer every day and not know what brand it is? That's like driving your car and not ever seeing the Chevrolet symbol on the steering wheel. Chk: Well, it's not much fun to use so I really try NOT to look at it! When I came down I found a Kenmore dryer that not only had a lot of lint but also had that "bad" exhaust tubing that I later replaced and also had some weed. I found a bong down below too. Turns out Chuck's older brother was drying weed in the lower compartment. I told Chuck that if he wanted his dryer to keep running he better tell his brother to listen to Nancy Reagan and Just Say No. The top hatch for the lint filter of Whirlpool and Kenmore dryers is a great place to lose things that were on top of the dryer. One day my Brother in Law was going to run a Triathlon and was looking for the Speedos he just spent a lot of money on for it. My sister asked to look in their washer and dryer to because he had looked everywhere. Sure enough, I saw something red in the back of the drum where the hot air goes through the filter. Had to use a coat hanger wire to get the Speedos out. He tells me they were "never right" after that happened. |
Post# 142086 , Reply# 9   7/13/2006 at 17:30 (6,468 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA)   |   | |
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Post# 142336 , Reply# 10   7/14/2006 at 14:10 (6,467 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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I've seen loads of clothes in dryers, only one in a washer though, food in refrigerators and freezers and even saw a partial load of dishes in a dishwasher. I suspect the dishwasher came from a vacant apartment or the like and the guys didn't want to mess with emptying the machine before they removed it. One dryer in particular had a load of kids clothes in it and worse, a well-loved "binky" (blanket) that some child was going to be very upset about losing. I found a Cross mechanical pencil in the outer tub of a DD Kenmore washer. Once it was dry, it worked fine. WP/KM dryers are goldmines for change but I love the weed-drying story the best! |
Post# 142595 , Reply# 11   7/15/2006 at 17:14 (6,466 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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I find most of my loose change in WP/KM dryers,but also Maytag. Several years ago,in Appliance Service News,someone wrote in about finding a live shotgun shell,in a Kenmore blower housing. Never found anything like that,but found my share of single earrings,pencils,paper clips,small pocket knives,etc. kennyGF |
Post# 142676 , Reply# 12   7/16/2006 at 00:02 (6,465 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 143689 , Reply# 14   7/19/2006 at 22:24 (6,461 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Nothing beats finding a *Capote Anglaise* stuck to the sides of the dryer. (They like to hide in the blue towel). CLICK HERE TO GO TO toggleswitch's LINK |